The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sued Equifax, one of the three major credit bureaus. CFPB claims that Equifax has failed to properly investigate and resolve consumer disputes; has allowed errors that were previously deleted to reappear on credit reports; and has shared inaccurate informati...
Equifax was fined $15 million after the government found that it had failed to properly investigate consumer disputes, an allegation also levied against fellow credit bureau Experian earlier this month. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau alleged Friday that Equifax made it difficult for...
That prompted the team to block the suspicious traffic and further investigate, as Smith testified. The security team found "additional suspicious activity" the next day, he said, at which point it took the web application offline.On Aug. 2, 2017, Equifax hired the law firm of King & ...
BALTIMORE (WJZ)--More than 143 million American may have been impacted by the Equifax data breach, which is considered the largest security breach ever. The massive breach happened sometime in mid May and again in July. Ha...
“Equifax failed in its basic duty to investigate and resolve consumer disputes about inaccurate information on their credit reports,”CFPB DirectorRohit Choprasaid in the release. “Today’s order requires Equifax to pay a civil penalty and follow federal laws on handling credit reporting disputes....
Equifax was fined $15 million after the government found that it had failed to properly investigate consumer disputes, an allegation also levied against fellow credit bureau Experian earlier this month. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau alleged Friday that Equifax made it difficult for consumers ...
The Equifax breach came up a lot, but they weren’t convinced that the story was all that interesting. Watch this short to learn how a conversation with New York Times columnist, Ron Lieber, convinced our hosts to dig in and investigate the Equifax breach....
Once you've submitted a dispute, Equifax will send a 10-digit confirmation code, investigate the dispute, and make updates within 30 days. Alternative method You could reach out to theEquifax customer servicesupport specialists to assist with credit report and monitoring services, including h...
Earlier this week, a bipartisan group of dozens of senators also sent a letter urging the FTC, Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate Equifax over its executives' stock sales. Three Equifax executives sold shares of the credit-reporting firm worth nearly ...
The Equifax breach came up a lot, but they weren’t convinced that the story was all that interesting. Watch this short to learn how a conversation with New York Times columnist, Ron Lieber, convinced our hosts to dig in and investigate the Equifax breach....